The Hungarians of Croatia

The Hungarians of Croatia, numbering approximately 15,500 people, are Engaged yet Unreached. They are a Central European people whose culture reflects a unique combination of Uralic linguistic heritage, centuries of life in the Carpathian Basin, and extensive interaction with Germanic, Slavic, Balkan, and Turkic populations. They mostly adhere to Roman Catholicism and Hungarian is their primary language.

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Fast Facts:

Affinity Group: Eurasian Peoples
Country: Croatia
People Cluster: Hungarian
Primary Language(s): Hungarian (hun)
Primary Religion(s): Roman Catholicism
Population: 15,500
Strategic Progress Index (SPI): Engaged yet Unreached
Global Status of Evangelical Christianity (GSEC): Less than 2% Evangelical, No Recent CP Activity
People Group ID: PG000759
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Dig Deeper (Religion):

Primary Religion: Roman Catholicism
Religious Affiliation: Christianity

70%
%
Roman Catholicism Adherents

Dig Deeper (Language):

Primary Language: Hungarian
Language Family: Uralic

100%
%
Hungarian Speakers

Media Resources in Hungarian:

Films:
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Bible Resources in Hungarian:

Or check out the Hungarian bible at Bible.com

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SPI: Unreached yet Engaged

The Hungarians are Engaged yet Unreached, which means there are less than 2% evangelical Christian populations but there are sustained efforts at establishing self-sustaining churches consistent with evangelical faith and practice.

Next steps for the Hungarians:
Continue prayer and fasting for this group
Continue gospel seed sowing and church planting among this group
Begin training up local leaders to lead and develop strategies to reach their own people

Pray specifically for the Hungarians of Croatia

Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only Son of God.
readJohn 3:18

Pray for those who are living under the burden of their sin to believe in Jesus, the only Son of God, and receive freedom.

But those that were sown on the good soil are the ones who hear the word and accept it and bear fruit, thirtyfold and sixtyfold and a hundredfold.
readMark 4:20

Pray that those who have never encountered the gospel will have the opportunity to receive it, and that it will fall on good soil and bear much fruit.

Now therefore go, and I will be with your mouth and teach you what you shall speak.
readExodus 4:12

Pray that as people place their faith in Christ, God will equip them with the words and wisdom to proclaim His message effectively.

For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the affliction we experienced in Asia. For we were so utterly burdened beyond our strength that we despaired of life itself. Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death. But that was to make us rely not on ourselves but on God who raises the dead.
read2 Corinthians 1:8-9

Pray that as people hear and believe the gospel, they will be faithful as they walk through trials and will have an opportunity to be a witness to others in this people group of the goodness of God.

Hungarian Across Countries (ROP3 - 103918) reported in the following countries:

Strategic Progress Index
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14 people groups

PhotoPeople Group IDNameCountryPopulation ▲Strategic Progress IndexLanguageReligion
HungariansHungariansSlovenia6,700Engaged yet UnreachedHungarianRoman Catholicism
HungariansHungariansCroatia15,500Engaged yet UnreachedHungarianRoman Catholicism
HungariansHungariansAustralia19,000Engaged yet UnreachedHungarianRoman Catholicism
HungariansHungariansSweden32,500Engaged yet UnreachedHungarianUnaffiliated
HungariansHungariansCanada42,000No Longer UnreachedHungarianUnaffiliated
HungariansHungariansAustria64,500No Longer UnreachedHungarianRoman Catholicism
HungariansHungariansUnited States83,000Engaged yet UnreachedHungarianRoman Catholicism
HungariansHungariansUnited Kingdom104,000Engaged yet UnreachedHungarianRoman Catholicism
HungariansHungariansUkraine118,000Engaged yet UnreachedHungarianEastern Orthodox Christianity
HungariansHungariansFrance250,000Unengaged and UnreachedHungarianRoman Catholicism
HungariansHungariansSerbia338,000Engaged yet UnreachedHungarianRoman Catholicism
HungariansHungariansSlovakia519,000Engaged yet UnreachedHungarianRoman Catholicism
HungariansHungariansRomania1,255,000Engaged yet UnreachedHungarianRoman Catholicism
HungariansHungariansHungary8,885,000Engaged yet UnreachedHungarianRoman Catholicism

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